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Miss Congeniality (2000)
246K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, entertaining, rom com, romantic, hilarious, teen, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
undercover agent, working undercover, fbi agent, beauty pageant, fish out of water, female agent, tomboy, teenage girl, tough girl, fbi, strong female lead, female fbi agent, makeover, rivalry, femininity, beauty queen, personality change, happy ending, strong female presence, women, adaptation, popularity, creativity, special agent, kickass women ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s, year 1982
Place:
austin texas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, san antonio texas, texas, new jersey ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out entertaining, humorous, feel good and sexy films with plots about teenager, mentor, dialogue, stereotypes, women, catastrophe and runaway mostly in Comedy, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Miss Congeniality: One for the Money (2012), The Heat (2013), Legally Blonde (2001), So Undercover (2012), Barely Lethal (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI." But it's time to spring into action again when the pageant's winner, Cheryl, and emcee, ...
Style:
feel good, witty, humorous, action comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
female agent, kidnapping, female fbi agent, female protagonist, fbi, buddy cop, rescue, law enforcement, hostage, rivalry, abandonment, undercover agent ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, nevada ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder – the same man who broke her heart years before. With the help of some ...
Style:
romantic, exciting, light, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
investigation, couples, strong female character, escapades, strong female lead, missing person, bounty hunter, battle of the sexes, verbal byplay, private investigator, lone hero, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
92%
188K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, ...
Style:
action comedy, buddy comedy, humorous, detective, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
women, misfit partners, fbi, policewoman, police investigation, female protagonist, police detective, sarcasm, friendship, foe turned friend, buddy cop, female warrior ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
sorority, lawyer, girl power, blonde, law school, fashion, college, law, university, law student, campus, believe in yourself ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, boston, harvard university, los angeles, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris (Miley Cyrus) must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time ...
Style:
witty, feel good, humorous, teen, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, college, youth, working undercover, private detective, undercover, fbi, teenage girl, disorder, female protagonist, student life, sorority ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that being popular can be more painful than getting water-boarded.
Style:
teen, exciting, entertaining, ironic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
teenager, youth, high school, female spy, teenage life, female agent, tough girl, danger, adolescence, undercover, school, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, moscow russia, usa, chechnya
Similarity:
100%
190K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. As punishment, they are forced to escort a pair of socialites to the Hamptons, where they're going to be used as bait for a kidnapper. But when the girls realize ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, funny, parody, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, dumb, fbi, working undercover, fish out of water, undercover, goofy hero, satire, gender bending, nothing goes right, buddy cop, gender disguise ...
Time:
year 2004, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to ...
Style:
romantic, light, sweet, rom com, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
fall in love, love story, unlikely couple, looking for love, opposites attract, workplace romance, destiny, boss and employee, lawyer, happy ending, love and romance, billionaire ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
Style:
feel good, funny, romantic, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
women, revenge, infidelity, friendship, womanizer, friends, couple relations, extramarital affair, feminine wiles, happy ending, battle of the sexes, foe turned friend ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, bahamas, new york
Similarity:
100%
187K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, love story, love, wedding dress, opposites attract, wedding planner, bridesmaid, love and romance, women, couple relations, unlikely couple ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, rhode island, usa, san francisco ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, ...
Style:
romantic, funny, sexy, romantic comedy, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, boys' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, bounty hunter, love story, love and romance, enemies to lovers, divorce, relationships, escapades, reporter, murder, marriage, runaway ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
Style:
entertaining, stylized, sexy, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, mongolia, california, usa, mexico
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
love, love story, fall in love, battle of the sexes, love and romance, relationships, couples, unlikely couple, bet, dating, couple relations, initially antagonists ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, san francisco ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Style:
parody, funny, action comedy, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, undercover agent, espionage, assassin, female agent, female protagonist, female killer, cia, spy spoof, cia agent, disguise ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, paris france, italy, budapest, usa ...
Similarity:
86%
107K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together ...
Style:
feel good, funny, teen, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, relationships, youth, high school life, coming of age, school, adolescence, teenage life, stereotypes, friendship, popularity ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
393K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love, wedding, enemies to lovers, happy ending, workplace romance, love and romance, fake marriage, initially antagonists, relationships, boss and employee, opposites attract ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, new york, usa, boston, canada ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city ...
Style:
romantic, funny, light, sexy, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
women, love story, female criminal, con artists, manipulation, wedding, mother daughter relationship, cons and scams, farce, marriage, femme fatale, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, new york, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, disguise, working undercover, gender disguise, disorder, law enforcement, fbi, surveillance, fall in love, stupidity, happy ending, farce ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, 90s
Place:
usa, georgia, north america, southern usa
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
Style:
humorous, clever, romantic comedy, hilarious, witty ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, marriage proposal, mistaken identity, fish out of water, fbi, family relations, fall in love, comedy of errors, dishonesty, love and romance, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, kansas city, manhattan new york city, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, coming of age, youth, true love, fashion, love and romance, best friends in love, desire, child as adult, adolescence vs adulthood, wish come true ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, year 1987, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old son, Trent, go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.
Style:
realistic, humorous, not serious, feel good, action comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
male to female cross dressing, cross dressing, disguise, hidden identity, working undercover, law enforcement, investigation, parents and children, teenage life, fbi, family relations, college life ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
50%
20K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Style:
humorous, sexy, satirical, not serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, female protagonist, sapphic, lesbian love, love and romance, strong female lead, feminine wiles, lgbt, high school, hot chick, nymph, undercover ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 1950s
Similarity:
100%
259K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of seven other female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
Style:
clever, exciting, saga, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
women, heist, female protagonist, female thief, female criminal, partners in crime, jewelry, perfect crime, friends, outsmarting, escapades, con artists ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper class kids in order to spy on their computer hacked dad.
Style:
humorous, teen, feel good, hilarious, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, fbi, nanny, hidden identity, undercover agent, cheerleading, special agent, impersonation, working undercover, law enforcement, black, hip hop ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The President's daughter, unable to experience life like a normal 18 year-old, escapes from her entourage of Secret Service agents while traveling in Europe. She falls in love with a handsome British stranger, who also happens to be working ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sexy, rom com, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
white house, president, teenager, youth, love and romance, love story, teenybopper, happy ending, working undercover, dishonesty, teenage girl, teen romance ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
washington d.c., prague, europe, venice, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
Style:
sexy, teen, funny, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
women, female friendship, kick-butt women, martial arts, secret agent, spy, woman with a gun, female martial artist, undercover agent, heroine, satire, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."
Style:
entertaining, feel good, rom com, light, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
con woman, con artists, perfect crime, girlfriend, deception, competition, heist, casino, running from police, arrested, pretending to be blind, partners in crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south of france, london, french riviera
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of a woman who dreams to join an intervention group in the police department called RAID. Unfortunately, she is rather clumsy and both her family (and soon to be family-in-law) and a veteran of the RAID do not approve. However, Johanna is ...
Style:
light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
french president, sexism, strong female lead, policewoman, commando unit, intelligence agency, strong female character, machismo, father daughter relationship, police officer, clumsy, female protagonist ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an assistant cheerleading coach ...
Style:
entertaining, teen, humorous, cute, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
cheerleading, cheerleader, teenager, murder, college, american football, tough cop, mentor, gangster, working undercover, law enforcement, campus ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s
Place:
texas, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.
Style:
romantic, light, funny, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
witnessing a crime, divorce, witness protection program, adaptation, runaway, adultery, witness protection, crumbling marriage, starting over, love and romance, relationships, marital problem ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, new york, usa, san francisco, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
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